Ghost Sweeper Mikami

Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Manga volume 1 cover
GS美神 極楽大作戦!!
(Gōsuto Suīpā Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!)
GenreAction, comedy, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written byTakashi Shiina
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 8, 1991September 22, 1999
Volumes39
Anime television series
Directed byAtsutoshi Umezawa
Written byAya Matsui
Music byToshihiko Sahashi
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
Original run April 11, 1993 March 6, 1994
Episodes45
Anime film
Directed byAtsutoshi Umezawa
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Released
  • August 24, 1994 (1994-08-24)
Runtime60 minutes

Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle!! (Japanese: GS美神 極楽大作戦!!, Hepburn: Gōsuto Suīpā Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 1991 to September 1999, with its chapters collected in 39 tankobon volumes. It follows the exploits of a group of exorcists who try to combat supernatural forces in an effort to get paid. The series explores some folk religion themes such as possession, exorcism, shamanism, yūrei, and yōkai.

A 45-episode anime television series adaptation by Toei Animation was broadcast on the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from April 1993 to March 1994. An anime film premiered in August 1994. The anime series was licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. In November 2013, Toei Animation released all of the episodes with English subtitles to YouTube.[2]

In 1993, Ghost Sweeper Mikami won the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (August 4, 2010). "Sentai Filmworks Adds Ghost Sweeper Mikami TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 28, 2018. The 1993-1994 supernatural action comedy adapts Takashi Shiina's manga about an avaricious ghost hunter named Reiko Mikami and her loyal yet hapless assistant Tadao Yokoshima
  2. ^ "Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Season 1". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.